Patriots legend says Mac Jones, not Bailey Zappe, should be THE GUY for Bill Belichick

The Next Pats Podcast - A Patriots Podcast

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🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Phil Perry tries to make sense of what exactly happened at the quarterback position for the Patriots during Monday night’s loss to the Bears. Then, Phil welcomes in Patriots legend James White to get his thoughts on the QB situation, how Bill Belichick and the team will respond to the loss and what he’s seen from Rhamondre Stevenson this season. 1:00- Phil tries to make sense of what happened at quarterback for the Patriots Monday night vs. the Bears and shares what he’s heard about the situation over the last 24 hours 15:47- James White shares his thoughts on how the Patriots will respond after Monday night’s shocking loss 17:30- Does Bill Belichick owe his team an explanation for how the QB position was handled vs. the Bears? Will he give them one? 21:32- Did Belichick replace Mac with Bailey Zappe too early in the game? 24:37- James breaks down how he thinks Mac will respond this week to what happened against the Bears 27:22- James explains what’s made Rhamondre Stevenson such a special player this season Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Vf9iJm_MyLc

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? Welcome into the next Pats podcast. I'm Phil Perry, a Tuesday morning after Monday night
0:20.4	football edition of the next Pat's podcast.
0:23.9	What a mess that was between the Patriots and Bears on Monday night.
0:27.1	We have a very special guest, though, to break it all down for us.
0:30.3	It's Patriots legend, Super Bowl hero.
0:33.9	Maybe you should have been Super Bowl MVP back in early 2017?
0:37.5	No, okay. Trophy goes to Tom Brady. But we got James White. maybe you should have been Super Bowl MVP back in early 2017.
0:38.8	No, okay.
0:39.9	Trophy goes to Tom Brady.
0:45.6	But we got James White, the next best thing for this week's podcast to break down for us. What might be going on in the Patriots locker room right now as Bill Belichick toggles
0:50.3	between quarterbacks seemingly and seemingly reluctant to commit to either
0:56.0	Mac Jones or Bailey Zappy as the starter moving forward. He's had ample opportunity in many
1:02.8	different instances with reporters to throw his support behind one or the other.
1:08.2	When Mack Jones is healthy, will he be the starter?
1:11.4	Bill Belichick calls it a hypothetical question and opts not to answer. When I asked him on Tuesday
1:17.1	if Mac Jones was healthy enough to play the entirety of Monday night's game, he again said
1:21.2	that was a hypothetical question. I brought up to him the fact that Mac Jones told us on
1:27.0	Monday night after the game that he was
1:28.4	feeling pretty good.
1:29.7	And Belichick said, right, yeah, well, it wasn't 70 plays, as if to indicate had he been given,
1:37.0	excuse me, a full workload, Mac Jones, that is, that maybe his ankle would not have responded
1:42.6	all that well, which brings us back to the question
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